ST. PAUL, MN, Sept. 29, 2017 (Business Wire) -Ecolab Inc., the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services has signed an agreement to acquire the paper chemicals business from Georgia-Pacific. This business supplies differentiated products and applications that provide strength, softness and durability to paper. These products and applications will enhance Ecolab’s position in the growing Tissue and Towel, as well as the Packaging and Board segments of the paper industry. The business had 2016 revenues of approximately $43 million.

ST. PAUL, MN, Sept. 29, 2017 (Business Wire) -Ecolab Inc., the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services has signed an agreement to acquire the paper chemicals business from Georgia-Pacific. This business supplies differentiated products and applications that provide strength, softness and durability to paper. These products and applications will enhance Ecolab’s position in the growing Tissue and Towel, as well as the Packaging and Board segments of the paper industry. The business had 2016 revenues of approximately $43 million.

LUCCA, ITALY, Sept. 29, 2017 (Press Release) -To be able to meet the growing demand in the different markets of the Latin-American area and pursue a regional growth plan, the Grand Bay Paper and Care Products Group has stipulated an agreement regarding the installation of a new paper mill for the production of soft papers (toilet rolls, table napkins, facial tissue, kitchen towels) with the Italian company Recard.

MACON, GA, Sept. 28, 2017 (Press Release) -Irving Consumer Products broke ground on the construction of their new $400 million state-of-the-art tissue plant in Macon, Georgia today at an event at the site of their future home. Joined by Mayor Robert Reichert and Charlie Gatlin, Special Projects Advisor for Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), President Robert K. Irving acknowledged the next step in the construction of the new facility.

KENDAL, UK, Sept. 29, 2017 (Press Release) -James Cropper 3D Products has been appointed by Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics as part of the brand’s commitment to finding ethically sourced packaging that can either be reused, recycled or composted.

The companies have collaborated to create a bespoke piece of packaging for Lush’s solid bath oils, aimed at enhancing the customer shopping experience in the most practical and sustainable way.

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands , Sept. 29, 2017 (Press Release) -AkzoNobel's Specialty Chemicals business has developed a novel technology platform for producing ethylene amines and their derivatives from ethylene oxide. As well as significantly reducing raw material consumption per ton of product, it also offers a substantially improved cost and sustainability profile when compared with existing processes.

MEDFORD, ME , Sept. 28, 2017 (Local News) -Millinocket is one of those left-behind places. The old economy is gone and the new economy has yet to arrive.

Millinocket and the other hard-scrabble towns here in inland Maine have one advantage: the beauty of the wilderness that surrounds them. Mt. Katahdin, the state’s tallest peak, looks down on deep woods and pristine waters that draw thousands of visitors each year and could attract many thousands more – if politics and distrust of Washington don’t mess it up.

LONGVIEW, WA, Sept. 28, 2017 (Longview Daily News) -International Paper Co. closed its Longview operations more than two decade ago, leaving behind 6,470 cubic yards of contaminated soil on land it sold to the Port of Longview. That’s enough to cover a high school basketball court about 15 feet deep.

ABU DHABI, Sept. 28, 2017 (Local News) -It was more than 4,000 years ago that papyrus, a thick paper-like material, was first produced in Ancient Egypt.

Papyrus production depended upon what was available locally, in this case the aquatic flowering plant Cyperus papyrus.

It is perhaps appropriate, then, that a potential step forward in modern-day paper-making also involves the use of resources available in the area of production. In this case, students in the UAE are using sand.

ABU DHABI, Sept. 28, 2017 (Local News) -It was more than 4,000 years ago that papyrus, a thick paper-like material, was first produced in Ancient Egypt.

Papyrus production depended upon what was available locally, in this case the aquatic flowering plant Cyperus papyrus.

It is perhaps appropriate, then, that a potential step forward in modern-day paper-making also involves the use of resources available in the area of production. In this case, students in the UAE are using sand.

LAGOS, Sept. 28, 2017 (Local News) -Researchers at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, have produced pulp, paper, cellulosic plastics, decorative textile costumes, fibre board and floor tiles from matured pseudostems (part of the banana plant that looks like a trunk) of plantain and banana. The items were exhibited at the sixth edition of Nigerian Universities Research & Development Fair (NURESDEF) held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.

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